Key to Hedeoma

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(For a list of species in Hedeoma, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Leaf blades 

linear 

Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.

to ± 

oblong 

Longer than wide, with nearly parallel sides; wider than linear.

; in fruit calyx 

lobes 

1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.

converging, throat ± closed; stems proximally glabrous in age ..... H. drummondii

1' Leaf blades 

ovate 

Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf.

to ± round; in fruit calyx lobes 

spreading 

Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.

to ± 

reflexed 

Abruptly bent or curved downward or backward.

, throat ± open; stems 

puberulent 

Minutely hairy.

throughout ..... H. nana subsp. californica

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